Amazon Aurora Supports PostgreSQL 12.6, 11.11, 10.16, and 9.6.21

Following the announcement of [updates to the PostgreSQL database](https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2038/) by the open source community, we have updated [Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition](/rds/aurora/) to support PostgreSQL versions 12.6, 11.11, 10.16, and 9.6.21\. These releases contain bug fixes and improvements by the PostgreSQL community. As a reminder, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 9.6 will reach end of life on January 31, 2022\. You can initiate a minor version upgrade manually by modifying your DB cluster, or you can enable the “Auto minor version upgrade” option when creating or modifying a DB cluster. Doing so means that your DB cluster is automatically upgraded after AWS tests and approves the new version. For more details, see [Automatic Minor Version Upgrades for PostgreSQL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER%5FUpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.html#USER%5FUpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.Minor). Please review the [Aurora documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraPostgreSQL.Updates.20180305.html) to learn more. [Amazon Aurora](/rds/aurora/) combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to three times better performance than the typical PostgreSQL database, together with increased scalability, durability, and security. For more information, please visit [the Amazon Aurora product page](/rds/aurora/). To get started with Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, take a look at our [getting started page](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP%5FGettingStartedAurora.html).